Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12839, Josiah Eaton, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Eaton, Josiah
S. 12839
CONTENTS
Carded

9258 Connecticut
Josiah Eaton of 18th post in the State of Conn who was a Pvt in the Conn commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg commanded by Col [blank] in the Conn line for [blank]
★ Continental and Conn.
Records completed Jan 11/61
Inserted on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of April 1831 and Seal. Sealed Rutledge Ashford Ct Arrears to the 1th of March 23/31 100.00 Semestral allowance ending Sep 14 23 95.00
$195.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. S. Hartsook Clerk, Book 6 - Vol. 3 - Page 12
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 Sep to 27 Oct 1842. Agent Notified 25 Oct 1844

State of Connecticut County of Windham } Ashford July 1832
On this 23 rd day of July personally appeared in open court before the County Court of the County of Windham now sitting Isaiah Eaton a resident of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States as an enlisted Soldier under Captain Thomas Branton of Ashford aforesaid early in the Spring of 1775 The latter part of April or first part of May in said year, marched from Ashford to Cambridge in Massachusetts and encamped on Prospect Hill and on the 17 th day of June 1775 was engaged in the battle at Bunker Hill. Daniel Allen and John Hays being the Lieutenants and John Hill Hays Ensign. The regiment in which he served was commanded by Experiencer Storer Colonel, (was not recollected the names of the other field Officers, he served a period of eight months, and in January following left the service and returned to Ashford

The second time he was in the service he enlisted in the state troops in the spring of 1776, the manth he does not recollect under the command of Captain Reuben Marcy + Lieutenant Marcy and Daniel Pemberton. They being the company officers. Col Chester commanded the regiment. the names of the other field Officers not recollected. Proceeded from Ashford to the city of New York and was stationed there about one month, from thence passed over to Long Island and was there engaged in battle in which General Sullivan was taken. General Washington commander in Chief was present at the battle after which, the american Army retreated to the city of New York in which we had another engage- ment when the city of New York was taken by the British, we retreated back at various times until we arrived at White Plains and was then engaged in Battle, General Washing- ton with his Army being present - We afterwards retreated up the river and left the service in the month of November according to the best of his recollection and returned to Ashford after said having served a period of six months.

We put the states in the spring of 1778 and according to the book of his recollections he was drafted to Graton in the state of Connecticut. served under Capt Hendee Lieutenant Walker. The name of field officer has not recollect - was engaged in guarding the Prison - was stationed principally at Graton but was at New London part of the time and served a period of two months - he states he has no documentary evidence to the last mention town about Graton - His plan of Residence from the Connecticut to the close of Revolution was at Ashford a prison and now still resides in Springfield He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present pension he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. I was born at Ashford about the 25 th day of Feb 1757 have no record of my age.
Yours & and subscribed the day and year before the launching of the Canning System in the Apostolic State of Connecticut
As far as as  State of Connecticut I am of  acquainted with Josiah Eaton He refers to Abraham  Abraham and Aaron F. Lent who will testify as to his character for truth & veracity. We are  are  acquainted with  acquainted with him now and at  at Aaron F. Lent residing in the Town of Ashford in the County of Windham aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Eaton who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be 73 years of age. That he is deaf and he lived in the neighbourhood where he resides. To have been a soldier of the Rev- -olution and that we concur in that opinion.

and believe him to be a man of truth of veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit. Joseph D.
Richard Hanson Flint
Sworn to and subscribed on this day and year, aforesaid before the Commissioners of the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut Almon Sherman Bolles Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears from the said Discharge and the names of those who have signed the pension certificate are residents in the said town of Ashford, that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
No 2853 Joseph D. Winton No 10
Almon Sherman Bolles Clerk
I, Almon Sherman Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Winton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 23 d day of July A.D. 1832
Almon Sherman Bolles Clerk
Return to be made to Ichabod Bulkley Esq Ashford Connecticut

State of Connecticut } District of Ashford January 14 1833 County of Windham }
On this 14 th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford aforesaid now sitting Josiah Eaton a resident of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration supplementary to a former declaration made by himself  Eaton before the County Court of the County of Windham on the 23 d day of July 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in addition to what he has heretofore stated would further state that the allegation of the magistrate respecting the names of several witnesses who made oath to the truth of a deposition enclosed in the former declaration is a mistake and that Sampson Heyes, Shur Richmond, Thomas Chapman and Abner Woodward who severally made oath to said deposition knew nothing respecting the service contained in said deposition as will appear by the certificate of the magistrate herein enclosed who took said deposition which said deposition was signed by Frederick Knowlton and that the magistrate added those names by mistake, and no presumption ought to arise against any claim on that account.
That he has procured the additional testimony of Ebenezer Emerson as to one term of his Service, and has now procured the fullest amount the best evidence of his services in his power to obtain - Josiah Eaton
Sworn to & subscribed before the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford, Windham County & State of Connecticut this 14 th day of January A.D. 1833. Attest. Benj a C. Simmons Clerk

We Stephen Fairbanks a clergyman residing in the town of Union adjoining said Ashford and lately near said Eaton and Andrew Huntington residing in the town of Ashford hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Josiah Eaton, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion —
Stephen Fairbanks Andrew Huntington
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before said Court of Probate Attest. Wm. C. Simmons Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states — And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Stephen Fairbanks who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Union and that Andrew Huntington who has also signed the same is a resident in said Ashford and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit —
Attest. Wm. C. Simmons Clerk I Wm. C. Simmons Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Ashford in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original supplemental proceedings in the matter of the application of Josiah Eaton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate hereunto this 14 th day of January A. D. 1833 —
Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB
July 2, 1930
Mrs. Lou Wnorowski 204 West Main Street Sparta, Illinois
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12839 , it appears that Josiah Eaton was born February 25, 1757, at Ashford, Connecticut.
While a resident of that place he enlisted and served with the Connecticut Troops, as follows:
From May, 1775, eight months, in Captain Thomas Knowlton's Company, Colonel Experience Storr's Regiment; was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted in 1776 and served as a fifer in Captain Reuben Marcy's Company, Colonel Chester's Regiment; was in the battles of Long Island and New York and White Plains, and was discharged near the close of that year, having served six months. From the spring of 1778, under Captain Hender, and was engaged in guarding the shores of Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Ashford, Connecticut.
He died October 27, 1842, leaving a widow, but her name is not shown.
There are no data relative to children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
See Conn. in Rev., which shows Regt. organized in June so called - probably and also Quinebaug 7th Regt.

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly send me transcript of application for pension of Josiah Eaton of Ashford, Connecticut. (In 1775 he was in Capt. Thomas Knowlton's Co., was at Bunker Hill and the siege of Boston. In 1776 he enlisted in Capt. Reuben Macey's Co., Col. Chester.) This is carrying coals to Newcastle. I am sorry to trouble you so often but it seems necessary, and I am grateful for your many favors.
Very Respectfully,
M. E. Durrell. Freeport, Ill.
Jan. 15, '83

Jan'y 21-1903 M. E. Burrell Forest Ill.
1930 July 2. List to Miss. Son Wronowski. See correspon- dence in the Jas. Eaton No 25556. m. 3
Rev. Wm
INVALID.
18.8.39
File No. 12 539
Josiah Eaton Prim. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1862
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wintham County Ct. ss. Ashford January 14 th . 1833 I hereby certify that in the Deposition taken before me of Frederick Knowlton of Ashford aforesaid to be used in the case of Josiah Eaton, an applicant for a pension, I then certified that Sampson Keyes, Aaron Nickerson, Abner Woodward & Thomas Chapman, severally made oath before me to the truth of the said Deposition, which said Certificate was a mistake and those persons testified merely as to the character of said Frederick Knowlton for truth and veracity and not as to his services.
Michael Nickerson Justice of the peace

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 1 st 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Josiah Eaton, decd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the Hartford, Ct., Agency, at the rate of Fifty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1837, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. — to the 27 th Oct. 1842,
Respectfully, yours,
W. L. Vans
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Donald Eulon
15 m o perig o $50
John Bullock Oxford Ga
Page 81.

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Sariah Eaton which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
The names of several witnesses are stated in the allegation of the magistrate the absence of whose testimony leads to the presumption that the best evidence is not produced
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
No to all the reasons stated
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Connecticut } ss. Ashford July 23 rd Feb. 1832 County of Windham }
Then personally appeared Thomas Anderson, now a resident of Willington in the County of Tolland in said State, aged Seventy-four years, and made solemn Oath before me, that he enlisted and entered the Army of the United States, in the Revolution, at Cambridge near Boston in the month of May - A. 1775 with Josiah Eaton, now a Resident of Ashford Aforesaid, we both served in the same Company under Capt. Thomas Knowlton, then a resident of said Ashford, in the regiment commanded by Col. Experience Storrs of Mansfield in said Windham County. Seven months from the above date and and then in the month of December following, my term of service for which I enlisted expired and I was discharged and returned home and left said Eaton and many others at said Cambridge, the importance of the Station was such, that altho. the time had expired for which we enlisted the said Eaton with many others agreed to stay at said Cambridge an other month and in the latter part of January following the said Eaton returned home
Further the deponent saith not. Thomas Anderson
Michael Richman Justice of peace.
I hereby certify that the above deposition is a true and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit
Michael Richman Justice of the peace

I, Simon Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that to Michaele Richinard Esq before whom the within and foregoing affidavits annexed hereto were made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signatures of his name are in his hand writing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County This 1 st day of August A.D. 1832
Simon Bolles Clerk

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } p. Ashford July 23 - D. 1832
Then personally appeared Frederick Knowlton now a resident of Said Ashford, aged Seventy One years, and made Solemn Oath before me, that Josiah Eaton, now a resident of Said Ashford entitled and entitled the army of the united States in the revolution, at Cambridge near Boston, with me, in the month of May D. 1775 we Both Served in the Same Company under Capt. Thomas Knowlton, then a resident of Said Ashford, in the regiment commanded by Col. Ephraim Stone of Mansfield in Said State, Eight months, altho our enlistment was for, only Seven months, the importance of the Station and danger from the enemy was such that we were ordered and did stay another month, which made eight months in the whole, and in the month January D. 1776 he then returned home, and in the last month of May following the Said Eaton again joined the Army with me at a near New York and we both he Served under Capt. Mays in the regiment commanded by Col. Chester until the month last of September following, at which time I then left the Army and left Said Eaton in the army as above stated.
Further the Deponent saith not
Fredk. Knowlton
Michael Richmond Justice of the peace Windham County p. Ashford July 23 rd D. 1832 personally appeared Sampson Keyes, Almon Richmond, Thomas Chapman and Almon Woodward, who severally made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. I hereby Certify that the Testimony of the Said Sampson Keyes, Almon Richmond, Thomas Chapman & Almon Woodward, each of them is entitled to full Credit Sworn before me Michael Richmond Justice of the peace

Wincham County ss Ashford July 23 d 1832 I hereby certify that the within deponent Frederick Knowlton is a man of truth and his statement is entitled to credit
Michael Richman Justice of the peace
Frederick Knowlton Deponent for Joseph Bator

State of Connecticut I Elisha Emerson of Union, Tolland County and State of Connecticut, do hereby depose and say that I was of the age of Seventy two years, that I was a soldier in the revolutionary war, at New York, and at the White Plains so called in the year 1776. and well remember, that Josiah Eaton of Ashford, in Windham county, was a soldier there at said New York and at said White Plains, at said time, that said Eaton served in the same company with me, a fifer. in Capt. Reuben Macey's company I enlisted into said company at said New York, for six months, and said Eaton was there a fifer in said company when I enlisted, and when I left there. I was taken sick and left the service before the six months expired, and cannot say precisely how long he served, but was there in the service as above stated, when I enlisted and when I left there on account of my sickness.
I returned home the 10 th December 1776 the precise day I enlisted is not recollect. and further the deponent saith not. Attest January 14 - 1833 - Elisha Emerson
State of Connecticut } Windham County } Ashford. Probate District } As a court of Probate held at Ashford, within and for said district on the 14 th January A.D. 1833 -
Present Ichabod Buckley. Judge - There personally appeared in open court before

The said Court of probate on the day and year aforesaid Ebenezer Larson, who being duly sworn, made oath to the truth of the foregoing written disposition by him subscribed before said court of probate and said court further certifying, that said Larson is a respectable man and his testimony is entitled to full credit
Attest - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 14 th day of January A. D. 1833 -
Benjamin C. Simmons Clerk